Thursday, April 24, 2008

Sweet husbands..

Good morning all! It has been a crazy few days but wanted to make a quick post.
I am working on my fat quarter giveaway and should have details in the next day or two.
I did want to take a moment to talk about sweet husbands. I had tons of work to get done yesterday and part of that work included taking pictures. I had gotten some new fabric in and I also needed to get some pictures to a customer. I had been using my daughter's camera she got for Christmas as mine had died. Well after searching and tearing up the house, I realized my daughter had probably taken the camera to school to show pictures of our new baby goats.
My husband happened to call about the time I realized I had no camera for the day! I was acting like a total baby. Well guess what?? He surprised me with my very own camera! It is nicer than any camera I have ever had before and I am so excited and thankful! After 16 years of marriage the man is still surprising me and making each day wonderful.
I have not really had time to mess around with the camera but below are a couple of shots I took yesterday.









Another quick thought about fat quarters and the giveaway I am going to do.
I challenged myself to see what all I could make out of a fat quarter. I have made a pin cushion, travel tissue holder, headband, flower pin, pony tail holder, and a button magnet . I still have a bit of fabric left!
I will post pictures once I finish up all the fabric.
Have a super day and thanks for reading.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Hello once again...

Well I have not posted since August so I thought it was about time that I got back into it. I really have no excuse and I think I will leave it at that.
Lets see, I guess it would be nice if I did some updating!
We have all been so busy! We added chickens to our household this year and they are doing wonderfully! I never thought it would so much fun to just sit and watch chickens. We can't wait for the fresh eggs.
My husband asked me the other day when we would make our money back on the cost of the chickens, pen, etc. I had to explain that it would probably be never as it is about the experience. I think he got it.





Our garden is doing great as well. We tried something new this year as I usually have more weeds than veggies. We covered it with black plastic and just cut holes where we needed things planted. I can't wait for the veggies!





This next picture actually needs to be updated as I took it a couple of days ago. We have recently lost three of our goats to coyotes. We have been putting them in a pen at night to keep them safe. Well, when I went to let them out yesterday morning, I got a bit of a surprise or should I say a double surprise! We had twin baby girl goats! It scared me so bad as I thought they had not made it. One was flat on her stomach with her feet out beside her and the other was sleeping but I did not know that at the time. The one with her feet out beside her could not walk and was pretty weak. I grabbed her and brought her inside to get her warm and give her some vitamins. I tried to give her a bottle but she would not take it. I freaked out and took her to the vet. He gave her a shot and a bottle filled with good stuff and I am happy to report she is doing great. She is still weak in the legs but is growing stronger. We are going to keep her in the house until she is doing better but we are sure hoping her mama will take to her and let her nurse. She has to be fed every few hours and that is not fun!
I almost forgot to mention our other addition! Ruby is our new donkey. She is the prettiest thing! We are trying to get her a bit tamer so we can give her the proper loving she deserves!






Probably one of the biggest things going on is my decision to expand my fabric business. I started the end of August last year with just a few bolts but it is growing! Below is just a small amount of fabric I have recently received in. I am having a ball! I have real issues with fabric and this is a way to be around it all the time! I am getting ready to have a fat quarter challenge and giveaway so please check back. Details will be coming in the next day or so.





You can see my fabric at: www.sewgoodfabric.com.
I just got in tons from Amy Butler, Alexander Henry, and Heather Bailey.






In addition to my fabric store, I have been busy with my sewing store as well! Although I have not been able to spend as much time on it as I would like.
Here are a few things I currently have available:



















Well I guess that is about it for now. To sum up to the last few months I would have to say there was some happiness, sadness, tough decisions made, thing were let go that needed letting go, choices about the future were made, and tons of other things. I guess that is life huh?
I have a goat that needs feeding so I better run.
Remember to check back for the fat quarter challenge and giveaway.
Thanks for reading and more tomorrow....